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 Topic: Fussy Eaters? |
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:30 am Subject: Fussy Eaters? |
| I have the stereotypical restricted aspie diet. There are many foods I won't eat. The problem is mostly centered around textures and foods that I perceive to have too much taste. I was really bad as a ... |
| Topic: Forgetting... an Aspie thing or not? |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:59 pm Subject: Forgetting... an Aspie thing or not? |
| Besides face blindness which some aspies have, I've read that aspies can have trouble recognizing people out of their usual context, just as you described. I had a rather striking example of this last ... |
| Topic: balloon pops |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:38 pm Subject: balloon pops |
| Same here about balloons. How about setting a mouse trap? It makes that same loud startling noise if you don't get it set right. I've always hated setting a mouse trap. It's totally a sound thing. Now ... |
| Topic: Change Tolerance & People on the Autistic Spectrum |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:31 pm Subject: Re: Change Tolerance & People on the Autistic Spectrum |
I suspect that allmost of this applyies to everybody, not only to autistics.
I think it has to do with the level of reaction. I've seen a lot of people encounter daily changes to their routines and ... |
| Topic: Change Tolerance & People on the Autistic Spectrum |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:25 am Subject: Re: Change Tolerance & People on the Autistic Spectrum |
| One of the characteristics of people on the autistic spectrum is difficulty accepting change. On the surface, neurotypical people may have difficulty understanding why people on the autistic spectrum ... |
| Topic: Numb3rs Oct 31 |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:59 pm Subject: Numb3rs Oct 31 |
| Did anyone see Numb3rs last night? I wonder what you thought about the portrayal of the autistic young man? Would this person be considered LFA? Seems to me that the character was a little heavy on th ... |
| Topic: Single forever? |
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:06 am Subject: Single forever? |
| One of the main reasons I feel I'm on the spectrum somewhere are the many emotions I seem to be missing, love being the most obvious one. I'm not miserable or lonely though, just resigned to the fact ... |
| Topic: Are people with GAD as conspicuous as people with Aspergers? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:09 am Subject: Are people with GAD as conspicuous as people with Aspergers? |
The symptoms of GAD can appear very similar to ASD if one isn't looking to the root of the cause.
I was diagnosed with GAD a few years back after decades of unexplained problems that in part seemed ... |
| Topic: IAN Project |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:59 pm Subject: IAN Project |
FYI --
I just heard an ad on the radio for this group for the first time.
http://ianproject.org/
I don't know anything about them except for what I briefly read on their site. They claim thei ... |
| Topic: Aspie--OFFICIAL SONG! Nominate something! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:34 pm Subject: Aspie--OFFICIAL SONG! Nominate something! |
Sorry to resurrect such an old thread but I couldn't find a newer one and I didn't want to start a new one.
This is an old and rather obscure Paul Simon song called A Most Peculiar Man. Paul wrote ... |
| Topic: I have a question about an AS trait. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:49 am Subject: I have a question about an AS trait. |
| Aren't food issues just like any other AS trait? Taken by itself it doesn't mean anything and can easily be explained away but when added to the many other traits it's part of the picture? |
| Topic: I have a question about an AS trait. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:29 pm Subject: I have a question about an AS trait. |
| Food issues is something I wish I didn't have. I find many foods to have too much taste so I don't eat those. I have texture issues. Coconut is at the top of that list. People think I'm nuts if I say ... |
| Topic: I never played house as a kid |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:08 pm Subject: Re: I never played house as a kid |
| So I'm working with a therapist to find out if I have AS. We were talking about how and what I played as a child. She asked me about what role I liked to play when I played house. I thought long an ... |
| Topic: Common Myths about AS |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:06 pm Subject: Common Myths about AS |
| This entire thread reinforces my current belief about autism and that it is a large group of traits that have been labeled "autistic," many more than the famous triad of impairments. The traits may or ... |
| Topic: Barking Dogs |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:13 pm Subject: Barking Dogs |
sorry - I am replying to myself...
but here goes...
the dog is still barking....
I do not understand why people would get a dog and leave him alone to bark for hours. Is that cruel or am I t ... |
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